A lake we fish has nature trails. We drop her and the dog off while we go off fishing. She enjoys their walks and a little beach area much more than fishing. My son and I pretty much hog the whole boat once we're on the water. Probably safer for her on land! If you've seen my driving you'd know what I mean!

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Only if it's caught out of a cold water lake. Bass or musky fillets, a little bit of Old Bay seasoning and some malt vinegar.....MMMMMM.. Trust me, any legal length walleyes caught are prized fillets too, but I think the yellow perch is the best tasting freshwater fish, hands down.....

I'm with you all the way, up until the bass fillets. Ewwwww.
(gonna fish for perch this weekend.)

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you think that's bad, I have a redneck buddy at work (I mean HARDCORE redneck) who swears that his favorite fish (get ready for this) is canned sucker! He catches them in the spawning season in cold springwater creeks, and cans them for year round use. Bones and all. Makes fishcakes out of 'em, I refuse to try them but he swears by 'em!

Very nice bass! I, like Scotty also eat largemouth bass. I've got a pond that I fish that is full of 12 - 13" fish. I'll take a few here & there to bring home for the skillet. Personal favorite: bluegill & crappie. Tried long nosed gar for the first time last year & it's very good! Just because certain fish are deemed "trash fish" doesn't make them bad eating. I've heard sucker is some of the whitest meat you can get on a fish. Only fish that I didn't like & tried was common carp. Yuck!

you think that's bad, I have a redneck buddy at work (I mean HARDCORE redneck) who swears that his favorite fish (get ready for this) is canned sucker! He catches them in the spawning season in cold springwater creeks, and cans them for year round use. Bones and all. Makes fishcakes out of 'em, I refuse to try them but he swears by 'em!

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Believe it or not, but I actually LOVE pickled sucker. It is a very clean firm white flesh. (when you pickle them, the bones are dissolved).
Smoked carp is pretty darned tasty too.

No license needed for sucker fishing here. Only run for a short time in the spring for spawning. Its my kinda fishing, drop the net and pull up dozens of fish. On the right day you could fill up all your pails in no time. Next spring I'll have to get some pics and video of the festivities. We used to bring 5 gallon pails full to grandma for pickling.
Its a delicacy for some.

Around here, The lakes get too hot for the bass. We stick to eating the cold water fish or sea critters. My son just caught one that made mine look punny! 23" long x17" girth. An absolute toad!! We'll get a fiberglass repo of it. She was free to swim another day!

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